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Development of a mass spectrometric analysis for the environmental neptunium and its application

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H01874
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Risk sciences of radiation and chemicals
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Sakaguchi Aya  筑波大学, 数理物質系, 准教授 (00526254)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 横山 明彦  金沢大学, 物質化学系, 教授 (80230655)
鄭 建  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 放射線医学総合研究所 福島再生支援本部, 上席研究員(定常) (30370878)
山崎 信哉  筑波大学, 数理物質系, 助教 (70610301)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥18,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000)
Keywordsネプツニウム / 人工放射性核種 / スパイク / トレーサー / 核反応断面積 / 海洋循環 / アクチノイド / 海水循環 / 質量分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we have attempted to produce Np spikes for accurate measurement by mass spectrometry, with the final goal of identifying environmental neptunium (Np) as a ‘common actinide’ for a comprehensive study of Np. We established a method for the production of Np-236 by the Th+Li reaction, a chemical separation method to recover Np from a large amount of Th and fission products, and another method to concentrate Np from interfering nuclides such as long-lived U and Pu. By applying the established separation methods to actual irradiated samples, the formation of Np-236m was confirmed, for the first time, in Th irradiated with a beam energy of 37 to 42 MeV. Furthermore, we successfully obtained the nuclear reaction cross sections of this reaction.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Npは水に溶け環境中に広く拡散する可能性があるにも関わらず、測定の困難さからこれまで包括的な研究が行われていない。さらにTRU廃棄物における核種挙動や被ばくの観点から重要核種と位置付けられているものの、質量分析のためのスパイクが存在していないためモニタリングも限られている。本研究によりNpのスパイク製造法が確立されることで、放射性廃棄物さらに保健物理の分野に大きく貢献する。また、核種の物理化学的特性から、環境中では水のトレーサーとして利用可能性が高いため、環境科学・地球化学への応用も期待できる。このように本研究で提案している事は、さまざまな分野や社会において必要不可欠であり喫緊の課題である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (40 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (8 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (21 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Invited: 11 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウィーン大学(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Shantou University/中国工程物理研究院核物理与化学研究所(中国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウィーン大学VERA(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 北京大学物理学部(中国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Arizona State University/Savannah River National Laboratory(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ILeibniz University Hannover(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 北京大学物理学部/State Oceanoic Administration/University of South China(中国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Vienna(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 240Pu/239Pu atom ratios in water columns from the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea: Transport of Pacific Proving Grunds-derived Pu by ocean currents.2020

    • Author(s)
      Masatoshi yamada, Jian Zheng
    • Journal Title

      Science of the Total Environment

      Volume: 718 Pages: 137362-137362

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137362

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reference materials for quality assurance of environmental plutonium analysis2020

    • Author(s)
      Junwen Wu, Jian Zheng
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

      Volume: 324 Issue: 1 Pages: 169-188

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10967-020-07053-4

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Simultaneous determination of ultra-trace level 237Np and Pu isotopes in soil and sediment samples by SF-ICP-MS with a single column chromatographic separation2019

    • Author(s)
      Zhaoya Huang, Youyi Ni, Hai Wang, Jian Zheng, Shinnosuke yamazaki, Aya Sakaguchi, Xinggui Long, Shigeo Uchida
    • Journal Title

      Microchemical Journal

      Volume: 148 Pages: 597-604

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.microc.2019.05.044

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Production of Np isotopes in the 232Th + 7Li reaction for standard material in accelerator mass spectrometry2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hayakawa, A. Yokoyama, A. Sakaguchi, K. Teranishi, R. Morita, N. Matsumura, A. Nakajima, D. Mori, Y. Komori, T. Yokokita, Y. Wang, H. Haba
    • Journal Title

      RIKEN Accelerator Progress Report

      Volume: 52 Pages: 202-202

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pu isotopes in seawater off Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site within tw months after the severe nuclear accident2019

    • Author(s)
      W. Men, J. Zheng*, H. Wang, Y. Y. Ni, Y. Kumamoto, M. Yamada, S. Uchida
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Pollution

      Volume: 246 Pages: 303-310

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.envpol.2018.12.007

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Plutonium in the western North Pacific: Transport along the Kuroshio and implication for the impact of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident2019

    • Author(s)
      Wu Junwen、Dai Minhan、Xu Yi、Zheng Jian
    • Journal Title

      Chemical Geology

      Volume: 511 Pages: 256-264

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.12.006

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Development of a Np standard material for accelerator mass spectrometry2018

    • Author(s)
      A. Yokoyama, A. Sakaguchi, K. Yamamori, Y. Hayakawa, K. Sekiguchi, S. Yanou, Y. Komori, T. Yokokita, and H. Haba
    • Journal Title

      IKEN Accelerator Progress Report 2017

      Volume: 51 Pages: 229-229

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Establishing rapid analysis of Pu isotopes in seawater to study the impact of Fukushima nuclear accident in the Northwest Pacific2018

    • Author(s)
      Men Wu、Zheng Jian、Wang Hai、Ni Youyi、Aono Tatsuo、Maxwell Sherrod L.、Tagami Keiko、Uchida Shigeo、Yamada Masatoshi
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-20151-4

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The role of mass spectrometry in radioactive contamination assessment after the Fukushima nuclear accident2018

    • Author(s)
      Bu Wenting、Ni Youyi、Steinhauser Georg、Zheng Wang、Zheng Jian、Furuta Naoki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

      Volume: 33 Issue: 4 Pages: 519-546

    • DOI

      10.1039/c7ja00401j

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tracing the Fukushima nuclear accident released radiocesium and Pu isotopes in the environment: the role of isotope ratio analysis2019

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      the 10th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry, China
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Recent progress on mass spectrometric analysis of ultra-trace radioactive isotopes2019

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      the workshop on radioactive isotopes analysis, Taiyuan, China
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 239Np複合核系における核分裂測定による軌道角運動量の推定2019

    • Author(s)
      森田涼雅、早川優太、横山明彦、笠松良崇、篠原厚、羽場宏光、小森有希子、横北卓也、森大輝
    • Organizer
      日本放射化学会第63回討論会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] U+p及びTh+Li反応によるNp同位体励起関数の作成2019

    • Author(s)
      早川優太、村田真優、松村夏紀、坂口綾、中島朗久、藤沼修平、関口佳汰、笠松良崇、篠原厚、羽場宏光、小森有希子、横北卓也、矢納慎也、森大輝、横山明彦
    • Organizer
      日本放射化学会第63回討論会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 232Th+7Li反応系における不完全融合反応の研究2019

    • Author(s)
      寺西翔、森田涼雅、早川優太、小森有希子、横北卓也、森大輝、横山明彦、羽場宏光
    • Organizer
      日本放射化学会第63回討論会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 福島第一原発事故後の陸域環境中のネプツニウムとプルトニウムについて2019

    • Author(s)
      福田 美保, 鄭 建, 山崎 慎之介, 青野 辰雄
    • Organizer
      第20回「環境放射能研究会」, 高エネルギー加速器研究機構放射線科学センター
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Low-temperature fusion using NH4HF2 for rapid determination of Pu isotopes by ICP-MS/MS: application for marine sediments collected in Japanese coast2019

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng, Hai Wang, Zhaoya Huang, Youyi Ni, Tatsuo Aono
    • Organizer
      第20回「環境放射能研究会」, 高エネルギー加速器研究機構放射線科学センター
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ultra-trace measurement of radioactive isotopes using mass spectrometry2018

    • Author(s)
      鄭 建
    • Organizer
      Japan-Korea Technology Information Exchange Seminar 2018, Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers's Association (JAIMA), Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Plutonium isotopes in seawater off Fukushima within two months after the accident2018

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng, Wu Men, Hai Wang, Yuichiro Kumamoto, Masatoshi Yamada, Shigeo Uchida
    • Organizer
      Goldschmidt 2018, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Rapid radiochemical separation and ultra-sensitive mass spectrometric analysis of actinides2018

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      Fukushima Research Conference on Development of Analytical Techniques in Waste management (FRCWM2018), Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science and Japan Atomic Energy Agency
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Release of plutonium isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident: distribution, source identification and dose estimation2018

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Global Chinese Congress of Radiation Research, The Chinese Committee of the ICRP
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Simultaneous determination of ultra-trace level 237Np and Pu isotopes in soil/sediment samples by sector-field ICP-MS with a single-column chromatographic separation2018

    • Author(s)
      Zhaoya Huang, Youyi Ni, Hai Wang, Jian Zheng, Shigeo Uchida, Aya Sakaguchi
    • Organizer
      日本分析化学会第67年会, 日本分析化学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 加速器質量分析による237Npの定量に向けた236gNpトレーサーの製造2018

    • Author(s)
      早川 優太, 山守 航平, 坂口 綾, 関口 佳汰, 矢納 慎也 小森 有希子, 横北 卓也, 羽場 宏光, 篠原 厚, 横山 明彦
    • Organizer
      2018日本放射化学会年会・第62回放射化学討論会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Production of a Np standard material for accelerator mass spectrometry in nuclear reactions2018

    • Author(s)
      A. Yokoyama, A. Sakaguchi, K. Yamamori, Y. Hayakawa, K. Sekiguchi, S. Yanou, Y. Komori , T. Yokokita, H. Haba, N. Takahashi, and A. Shinohara
    • Organizer
      18th Radiochemical conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Environmental dynamics of Pu isotopes released from the Fukushima2018

    • Author(s)
      鄭建
    • Organizer
      Fukushima University, 4th Annual Report Symposium (panel discussion talk)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ultra-trace determination of Pu using SF-ICP-MS for a field study in Japan on soil to crop transfer of global fallout plutonium.2017

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng, Zhongtang Wang, Youyi Ni, Keiko Tagami, Shigeo Uchida
    • Organizer
      Asia-Pacific Winter Conference of Plasma Chemistry (APWC 2017), Matsue, Japan
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Advance of mass spectrometric techniques for ultra-trace determination of radionuclides and its application in environmental radiochemistry2017

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      Xinda Lecture, College of Chemistry and Engineering, Peking University, China
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Radiochemical methods development and application based on the use of ICP-MS instruments2017

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      Nordic Nuclear Safety Research, NKS-B ICP User Seminar, Denmark
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Tracing the Fukushima nuclear accident released radiocesium and Pu isotopes in the environment: the role of isotope ratio analysis for nuclear forensics.2017

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng
    • Organizer
      Nuclear Emergency Expert Meeting (NEXT 2017), Hannover, Germany
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Pu distributin in seawater and sediments in the Pacific off Fukushima after the FDNPP accident2017

    • Author(s)
      Jian Zheng, T. Aono, M. Yamada, K. Tagami, S. Uchida
    • Organizer
      Actinides 2017, Sendai, Japan
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Isotopic signatures of actinides in environmental samples contaminated by the Fukushima Dai‐ichi nuclear power plant accident2017

    • Author(s)
      Aya Sakaguchi
    • Organizer
      Nuclear Emergency Expert Meeting (NEXT 2017), Hannover, Germany
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.ied.tsukuba.ac.jp/~ayaskgc/index.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.ied.tsukuba.ac.jp/~ksuekilab/chrome/home1.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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